Policies on dying: Assisted suicide in Germany

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Ssm-Population Health Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101797

Carmen Sainz Villalba

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Abstract

This paper studies the effect of exposing German individuals to real-life cases on attitudes toward the legalization of assisted suicide. We find that support for legalizing assisted suicide changes in 21 % of our sample. Among those who strongly favor the policy, support weakens when they encounter real-life cases, as their confidence in their opinions diminishes. Respondents who oppose are less likely to shift to strongly oppose. We also find that the change in opinion due to exposure to cases is mediated by respondents' prior beliefs on the cases’ outcome. We also explore the reasons why some respondents do not change their opinions. We find that respondents more likely to change their support are those who attribute lower credibility to the information provided.

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关于死亡的政策：德国协助自杀

本文研究了让德国人接触真实案例对协助自杀合法化态度的影响。我们发现对协助自杀合法化的支持改变了21% %的样本。在那些强烈支持这一政策的人中，当他们遇到现实生活中的案件时，他们的支持就会减弱，因为他们对自己观点的信心会下降。反对的受访者转变为强烈反对的可能性较小。我们还发现，由于接触案件而导致的意见变化是由被调查者对案件结果的先验信念介导的。我们还探讨了一些受访者不改变意见的原因。我们发现，受访者更有可能改变他们的支持是那些认为所提供的信息可信度较低的人。

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Ssm-Population Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

2.10%

发文量

298

审稿时长

101 days

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